Jack Reacher. Hero. Loner. Soldier. Soldier’s son. An elite military cop, he was one of the army’s brightest stars. But in every cop’s life there is a turning point. One case. One messy, tangled case that can shatter a career. Turn a lawman into a renegade. And make him question words like honor, valor, and duty. For Jack Reacher, this is that case. New Year’s Day, 1990. The Berlin Wall … Berlin Wall is coming down. The world is changing. And in a North Carolina “hot-sheets” motel, a two-star general is found dead. His briefcase is missing. Nobody knows what was in it. Within minutes Jack Reacher has his orders: Control the situation. But this situation can’t be controlled. Within hours the general’s wife is murdered hundreds of miles away. Then the dominoes really start to fall.
Two Special Forces soldiers—the toughest of the tough—are taken down, one at a time. Top military commanders are moved from place to place in a bizarre game of chess. And somewhere inside the vast worldwide fortress that is the U.S. Army, Jack Reacher—an ordinarily untouchable investigator for the 110th Special Unit—is being set up as a fall guy with the worst enemies a man can have.
But Reacher won’t quit. He’s fighting a new kind of war. And he’s taking a young female lieutenant with him on a deadly hunt that leads them from the ragged edges of a rural army post to the winding streets of Paris to a confrontation with an enemy he didn’t know he had. With his French-born mother dying—and divulging to her son one last, stunning secret—Reacher is forced to question everything he once believed…about his family, his career, his loyalties—and himself. Because this soldier’s son is on his way into the darkness, where he finds a tangled drama of desperate desires and violent death—and a conspiracy more chilling, ingenious, and treacherous than anyone could have guessed.
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Lee Child’s Make Me.
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I kind of enjoy the Reacher books, but this one just had way too many sentence fragments. I find this to be sloppy writing.
I love the Jack Reacher books.
Jack Reacher is good for my blood pressure and for a few hours I stay out of trouble living vicariously through Jack’s.
Never read a Jack Reacher book I didn’t like
I like anything by Lee Child. Read most of his books, and their all good
Great read!!
Topical plot line makes Reacher heroics very interesting
Loved the book, though not into action books.
The ENEMY, #8 in the Jack Reacher series, gives the reader more insight into Reacher’s personal history. It is another murder mystery thriller. This one takes place while Reacher is in the military. It is his job to find out who is pulling the strings to frame an innocent (and dead) soldier. The question is; can he solve the case before he ends up as the next body. The ENEMY is another excellent chapter of the life and times of hardass Jack Reacher.
Typical of the books in the Jack Reacher series, “The Enemy” didn’t disappoint. Far from predictable, there were twists and turns that made it very difficult to see where Lee Child was taking me on this ride. It truly is a “hard to put down” story, because Child holds your interest firmly and you keep wanting to read more to learn how this story unfolds. If you are a fan of the Reacher series, as I am, then “The Enemy” is a book that you’ll want at the top of your must-read list.
In my mind, you can never go wrong reading about Jack Reacher – he’s smart and sexy!
Not Lee Child’s best, but still a good read.
Any of Child’s books are started and finished in a continuious read, sometimes in a day! Nothing else accomlished other than drinking coffe. Love his charcters!!
Just ok. A bit of a slog. Take a pass.
Love all Jack Reacher books.
Great read. Reacher books are always exciting.
I always like Lee Child’s books.
Might be Lee Child’s best book.
I only recommend if you are a Jack Reacher fan. It is everything you expect from Lee Child.
My favourite British author next to Dick Francis.